The National tribune., 1887-04-07
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Personal.

fersOnht.
II. NJ Bayless, Co. c, 2d Mimi, Concord,
Mimi, says that il any one wishes TO know he
can give the facts in regard 10 the burial of a
woman at the cave near the foot OF Lookout
Mountain. during the siege OF Chattanooga.
ID. Ill. Hardin, Dayton, Wash. Ter, would
like TO have some c0mrade write q sketch Of
Gen. Alfred Sully. The GAR. Post in Dayton
is named after him, aud they would like TO
know more about him.
George orme, Co. II, l2ith ILL.,, wahoo, H.,
fully indorses the statement of Comrade Ensign
in his recent communication correcting Com
rade Scott.
George w Trotter, Co. K. 49th H., Mayberry,
H., asks what has become of Gen. A j. Smith.
The writer was one his "guerrillas," and mar
Rates some Of his experiences in his command.
George w. Deamer. Co. L, both Ind, Mon
terey, Mich. says his regiment was in the
Twenty-third Corps and participated in many
os the engagements of the Atlanta campaign.
lie was wounded by canister-shot at the bat
tie of Nashville.
John Turse, Co. /, I'd Wis, Lockport n. Y,
would like TO hear from some OF the members
OF the Path Mich. who went on picket one
Winter night after joining the Iron Brigade, and
were relieved by Co /, I'd Wis. He would like
TO ask them about the sheep that they tied in
the fence-corner.
John Bonshire, la7th Pa. sharpsburg, Pa,
says that while ut Fayetteville 5. e., March
l3 1865, the Sergeant Major OF his regiment
was shot dead 10y guard belonging 20 the
Fourteenth Corps, who wrongfully charged him
with having plnndered a house.
j. Derring, Stewardson, Ill, says he has
snare drum that went through the war with
the 46;h Ohio.
j. c. Head, Paris, n. Y, says that the rebel
Gen. Walker WAS in the custody Of the Tooth
n. Y. after his capture, although the writer
does not claim that he was taken prisoner by
that regiment.
L. r. Edwards, Mineral Ridge, o., says that
he has taken a number of papers for many
years. but TnE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the
only one that gives him satisfaction.
Arnold Hottinger, llth Mo. Cav. Edna, Kan,
says he was one of the detachment that guarded
JEFF Davis 20 Augusta, Ca, and gives a brief
sketch Of his observations.
Thomas Campbell, Bugler, Co. c, 9th Kan.
Cav, Hartford, Kan, likes the Sunday Medi-
tations" in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, deplores
I the Presidents veto of the pension bill, and
hopes the day is not far distant when the wrongs
of the soldiers will be righted.
q. Nj. Brandon, Co. +, 10th Pa, Rttenhouse,
Pa, asks if some comrade will not send him the
words of the song beginning Yes the poor
boys starved in prison" The writer was
wounded aud captured at the Wilderness.
NJ S. Fawcett, Co. X, Sd Mimi, Balaton,
Minn says he seldom sees anything in The
| NATIONAL TRIBUNE from his regiment, and he
wishes the comrades would write. He Joined
the regiment as a recruit in 1864. He says
about the first thing he did was 10 fire of his
new gun, to "try it," He got three days extra
duty for it, but the Orderly told him not TO
work too hard or he might get sunsiruck, and
he didn't.
James Monaghan, Co. X, Seth Iowa, residence
not given, compliments Congressman Hepburn
/ for his able aud eloquent efforts in behalf of
the soldiers, and deeply regrets his defeat az
the last election.
Mark Esgar, Co. F, ssth H., Wauponsee, H.,
observes that The NATIONAL TRIBUNE is
right when tsays the boys are waking up"
| They propose to make it very warm for Cleve-
land, Bragg. Warner, and all of that stripe.
Richard w. Bennett, Pulteney, N. Y, says
he has whistle made out of pigs tail, which
he is going TO send TO Gen Bragg.
J. c. Merry, Co. H. Both Me-, Sherman Mills,
| Me, abiding TO the dam built by Col. Bailey
by which the gunboats were released from their
predcament in Red River, says that the idea
| of dam was conceived and talked about by
himself and comade long before the officers
took hold of the matter.
o. j. Buck, West Minister, Cal. thinks THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE is incomparably the best
soldiers paper printed, and urges his comrades
| 10 subscribe for il.
NJ B. Young, Co. D, 3oth Ohio. auckland, o.,
says he was in the Second Division. Fifteenth
Corps, and would be glad to hear from any of
the members of that division.
Geo. Eppler, Co. q, 6Ist H., Hornsby, ILL.,,
wonders what has become Of al the survivors
Of his regiment.
John NJ Crist, Co. K, 209th Pa, Jamestown,
| Pa, says that on March %, 1865. during the
assault on Fort Stedman, David Koombs was
severely wounded aud the writer assisted him
of the field. He has never heard from him
since, and would be glad TO know il he is living.
Should this catch his eye or that Of any Of his
friends be would be glad to correspond with
him or them.
I'M. Stevens. Sergeant Battery X, 1st Ohio
L. A, Living Springs, Iowa, would be glad to
hear from Lieut.. C. Z. Reed and any other
member Of his battery
w. J. Witlan, West Cedar, Kan, says that a
detachment of the Second Brigade, Third Di-
vision, Twentieth Corps first entered the city
of Atlanta, and the surrender was received by
Col. Coburn. The writer thinks Gen. Black is
the best and most efficient officer who has ever
been at the head Of the Pension Bureau.
Concerning the Veto.
John r. Evans, Soldier, KY, regrets that
there were SO many turn coat" in Congress
| who changed their votes on the Dependent
Pension Bill only, be thinks TO curry favor
with the President. He thinks Cleveland was
very inconsistent in vetoing the bill after hav-
ing signed the petition, which be did while he
was a candidate for the Presidency. He says
that Gen. Polk was killed by shot from the
18th Ind. battery, of the Third Division,
Twenty-third Corps He would be glad 10
hear from any of his old comrades of the First
Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-third Corps
ID. w. Parker, Co. q, 65th Ind, Hillsboro.
Ind, thinks President Cleveland is very I'M
just toward the soldiers. If he had been through
what they experienced during the war he
would do very differently.
A J. Tisdale Captain, Co. F, 4th Iowa, Glen
wood, Mo, thinks the principle involved in the
late pension bill was a correct one SO far as il
went, aud he deeply regrets the failure OF the
measure. He says President Cleveland can
paste il in his hat that he will never again be
elected President, because a million Of soldiers
will be against him.
Daniel M. Andrews, Danbury, Conn, saws
that Andrew Knox, an ex-soldier Of that place,
wrote letter 10 the President approving the
veto OF the pension bill. The writer says Com
rade Knox does not affiliate with tho old vet
Grams, has never connected himself with the G.
AK, and is in no way authorized 10 speak for
the soldiers. James L. Moore Post of Danbury.
unanimously adopted resolution denouncing
the veto and the sentiments expressed by Knox,
John A. Fritz, Co. ID, 25th Ind, saws the
hopes Of the disabled soldiers have again been
dashed 20 the earth, and they are almost ina
despair. The soldiers have many able and
eloquent defenders in Congress, however, and
he is confident that some measure Of Justice
will yet be passed.
VIM. b. Smith, Co. III, 9Th Wis, Sanger, Oak.
says il is clear that Mr. Cleveland has no sym-
PATTY with the suffering soldiers, or he would
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